EP0733120B1 - Procede enzymatique de fabrication de morphine-6-glucuronide ou de morphine-6-glucuronide substitue - Google Patents

Procede enzymatique de fabrication de morphine-6-glucuronide ou de morphine-6-glucuronide substitue Download PDF

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EP0733120B1
EP0733120B1 EP95902183A EP95902183A EP0733120B1 EP 0733120 B1 EP0733120 B1 EP 0733120B1 EP 95902183 A EP95902183 A EP 95902183A EP 95902183 A EP95902183 A EP 95902183A EP 0733120 B1 EP0733120 B1 EP 0733120B1
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Feodor Scheinmann
Nicholas John Turner
Richard Talbot Brown
Neil Edward Carter
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    • C12P19/60—Preparation of O-glycosides, e.g. glucosides having an oxygen of the saccharide radical directly bound to a non-saccharide heterocyclic ring or a condensed ring system containing a non-saccharide heterocyclic ring, e.g. coumermycin, novobiocin
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  • This invention relates to an enzymatic process for making morphine-6-glucuronide or substituted morphine-6-glucuronide.
  • Morphine-6-glucuronide also known as morphine-6- ⁇ -D-glucuronide and M-6-G
  • Morphine-6-glucuronide is a metabolite of morphine in the human body and is a more powerful analgesic than morphine itself (R. Osborne et al., The Lancet, 1988, 828 and the literature cited therein). It has previously been synthesised by H. Yoshimura et al., (Chem. Pharm. Bull., 1968, 16 , 2114) and others eg P. A. Carrupt et al., (J. Med.
  • Morphine-6-glucuronide is now required in substantial quantities for extensive biological and clinical evaluations.
  • the trace amounts of heavy metals from the Koenigs-Knorr method of production can be very difficult to remove in the final product.
  • Another problem associated with the Koenigs-Knorr reaction is that glycoside formation involves an unstable sugar derivative and a heterogeneous reaction system which leads to variable yields of the conjugate and difficulties in purification when the synthesis of morphine-6-glucuronide is carried out on larger scale.
  • WO 93/03051 describes a method for making morphine-6-glucuronide derivatives by conjugating an optionally substituted glucuronate ester with optionally substituted morphine using acid catalysts.
  • the present invention seeks to provide an alternative method for making morphine-6-glucuronide or substituted morphine-6-glucuronide.
  • a method for making morphinc-6-glucuronide by selective enzymatic cleavage of the 3-glucuronide moiety in morphine-3,6-diglucuronide or substituted morphine-3,6-diglucuronide using at least one ⁇ -glucuronidase.
  • Suitable ⁇ -glucuronidases include the following :
  • the primary screening experiments were carried out in 0.1N citrate buffer with 1-2 mg/ml of the M-3,6-diG and 1-13,000 Fishman units of enzyme.
  • One Fishman unit is the amount of enzyme required to liberate 1 ⁇ g of phenolpthalein from phenolpthalein glucuronide in one hour at 37°C at a stated pH.
  • L-11 was supplied with an activity of 1-3 million Fishman units per gram whereas the available HA-4 had an activity of only 0.25-0.50 million units per gram.
  • the next stage of the programme was to develop a method of stabilising the enzyme so that its activity would not be lost in the first eight hours, and to explore the possibility of recycling the enzyme.
  • the enzyme was loaded onto oxirane acrylic beads in 0.1N acetate buffer before the M-3,6-diG was added.
  • the M-3,6-diG concentration was kept at 25-27mg/ml
  • the L-11 concentration at 13,500 to 14,600 units
  • the amount of acrylic beads varied to establish the amount required to stabilise the enzyme.
  • the enzyme (28.2 mg, 53,300 units) was dissolved in acetate buffer (1.0 ml, 0.1M pH 3.8) and the diglucuronide (9.8mg, 14.6 ⁇ mol) added.
  • the reaction mixture was placed in an orbital incubator at 30°C and the reaction monitored by HPLC. After 18 hours analysis showed 90% conversion to M-6-G.
  • the enzyme (250.1 mg, 600,000 units) was dissolved in acetate buffer (40 ml, 0.1N pH 3.8) and the oxirane acrylic beads (2.02g) added.
  • the suspension was placed in an orbital incubator at 30°C for 30 minutes before the diglucuronide (1.00g, 1.49mmol) was added.
  • the reaction was monitored by HPLC and stopped after 68 hours when analysis showed 91% conversion to M-6-G. Filtration of the resin beads with a Hirsch funnel yielded a cloudy solution, which was clarified through a HPLC solvent filter and evaporated in vacuo to a solid.

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  1. Procédé pour la préparation de morphine-6-glucuronide comprenant la coupure enzymatique sélective de la partie 3-glucuronide dans la morphine-3,6-diglucuronide ou la morphine-3,6-diglucuronide substitué, utilisant au moins une β-glucuronidase.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la β-glucuronidase est obtenue à partir de l'un quelconque des composés suivants :
    les entrailles d'Haliotide - provenant du mollusque Haliotide;
    la patelle Patella Vulgata;
    Helix aspersa;
    Helix pomatia;
    le foie de bovin;
    le pétoncle Chlamys opercularis;
       ou une enzyme insoluble provenant du foie de bovin suspendu sur de l'agarose perlé.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la β-glucuronidase est obtenue à partir de l'un quelconque des composés suivants : le foie de bovin; l'helix aspersa; la patelle Patella ou les entrailles d'Haliotide provenant du mollusque Haliotide.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel la β-glucuronidase est chargée sur une ou plusieurs perles acryliques.
EP95902183A 1993-12-07 1994-11-29 Procede enzymatique de fabrication de morphine-6-glucuronide ou de morphine-6-glucuronide substitue Expired - Lifetime EP0733120B1 (fr)

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